The Aftermath

ID: 5281 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Daniel Hagerman, Pixels.
This file appears in: The Collapse of the Division Street Bridge

The people of Spokane gather along the river to view the broken beams and gas lines that contributed to the chaos of the Division Street bridge disaster.

This file appears in: The Collapse of the Division Street Bridge

By Steven Fry
It was a typical winter morning on December 18, 1915, as two streetcars began to cross the Spokane river via the Division Street bridge. When the cars met on the middle of the bridge, steel girders ripped from the bank. One streetcar hung up on the…